| Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Contents -- Preface -- 1 Columbus and La Isabela -- 2 The Historical Setting -- 3 Reluctant Hosts: The Taínos of Hispaniola -- 4 "Hell in Hispaniola" : La Isabela, 1493-1498 -- 5 The Hand of Vandals and the Tooth of Time: La Isabela, 1500-1987 -- 6 The Medieval Enclave: Landscape, Town, and Buildings -- 7 A Spartan Domesticity: Household Life in La Isabela's Bohíos -- 8 God and Glory -- 9 Commerce and Craft -- 10 Aftermath -- 11 Destinies Converged -- Appendix -- Note on historical sources -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Summary |
In 1493, Christopher Columbus led a fleet of 17 ships and more than 1200 men to found a royal trading colony in America. Columbus had high hopes for his settlement, which he named La Isabela after the queen of Spain, but just five years later it was in ruins. It remains important, however, as the first site of European settlement in America and the first place of sustained interaction between Europeans and the indigenous Tainos. This book tells the story of this historic enterprise |
| Analysis |
La Isabel (República Dominicana) Colonización |
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Colón, Cristobal Casas y residencias República Dominicana La Isabela |
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Indios Primer contacto con europeos |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-282) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Columbus, Christopher -- Homes and haunts -- Dominican Republic -- La Isabela
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| SUBJECT |
Columbus, Christopher fast |
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Indians -- First contact with other peoples
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General.
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Colonization
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Homes
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Indians -- First contact with other peoples
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Nederzettingen.
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Opgravingen.
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| SUBJECT |
Isabela Site (Castillo de La Isabela, Dominican Republic) -- Colonization
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| Subject |
Dominican Republic -- Isabela Site (Castillo de La Isabela)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cruxent, José María
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| LC no. |
2001046771 |
| ISBN |
9780300133899 |
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0300133898 |
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128172260X |
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9781281722607 |
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